The Golden State Warriors improved to 33-0 at home and moved to within eight wins of tying the single-season record set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls with a 114-98triumph over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night at Oracle Arena.

The win also propelled the Warriors (64-7) to a season-series sweep of their Pacific Division rivals. Meanwhile, the Clippers (43-27) have now lost three straight and five of their last six overall, with several blowouts littering their recent results, according to Sports Illustrated's Ben Golliver:

Ben Golliver @BenGolliver

Clippers have now lost to Warriors, Spurs, Cavaliers, Thunder, Grizzlies, and Hawks in the last 18 days -- all by double digits...

Golden State entered halftime up just two points after appearing a half-step slow throughout the first half, but the defending champions turned things up in a way only they can when the second half rolled around.

The Warriors ripped off a 10-1 run to start the third quarter and led by as many as 14 points in the frame as Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson caught fire from beyond the arc and started to shred the Clippers in transition.

Curry—who entered Wednesday night in a relative slump after posting 14 and 19 points in back-to-back games—cracked the 20-point threshold once again with 33points on 12-of-23shooting, including a wicked step-back triple over Clippers center DeAndre Jordan late in the second quarter:

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Thompson added 32points, while Green did his usual stat-sheet-stuffing thing with 12points, 12rebounds, fourassists and twosteals for his 28th double-double of the season.

The Clippers, who are generally one of the league's stronger teams in terms of three-point shooting, struggled to find a rhythm from beyond the arc. Overall, Los Angeles shot 28.6percent on three-point attempts and was outscored 45-24 from beyond the arc.

Playing without Blake Griffin, who's still nursing hand and quad injuries, the Clippers leaned heavily on Jordan. And not only did the explosive center hold up his end of the bargain with some stupendous rim protection, but he also grabbed a game-high 20rebounds and dropped a team-high 19points, including a huge lob finish courtesy of Chris Paul:

The Clippers' problem was that they had very little in the way of consistency beyond Jordan. Paul struggled with his shot, posting 13points on 4-of-16shooting, and J.J. Redick was similarly limited to ninepoints on 4-of-13 shooting (1-of-6 from three).

When Jordan wasn't on the floor, the Clippers faced even bigger problems.

After the Warriors closed the first quarter trailing by five points, they ripped off a 16-4 run over the opening minutes of the second frame with Jordan situated on the bench.

According to The Cauldron's Nate Duncan, L.A.'s shortcomings were facilitated by an inability to roll out a strong second unit:

Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA

These Clips units have Crawford gunning and.......what else, as a source of offense? At least put in Redick to run pin downs or something.

Lacking the firepower necessary to keep pace with the league's top-ranked offense, per NBA.com, the Clippers tumbled to 4-7 in March. As a result, they're in jeopardy of squandering home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

The Clippers now own a meager three-game edge over the Memphis Grizzlies for the Western Conference's No. 4 seed, and they're headed into dangerous territory.

Los Angeles is slated to square off against the Boston Celtics, Portland Trail Blazers, Oklahoma City Thunder and pesky Minnesota Timberwolves before the month comes to a close, and none of those games will be easy if Doc Rivers' side continues to hemorrhage points.

As for the Warriors, their pursuit of history is about to shift into another gear. With eight wins separating them from a share of the NBA's single-season record and nine victories standing between them and immortality, the Warriors should be motivated to keep the pedal to the floor as the regular season winds down.

And with three straight home games coming up against the sliding Dallas Mavericks, woeful Philadelphia 76ers and inconsistent Washington Wizards, Golden State is in prime position to enter April with a full head of steam.

Postgame Reaction

According to the Orange County Register's Dan Woike, Rivers broke down what went wrong as the Clippers came up empty for the fourth time this season against the Warriors:

Dan Woike @DanWoikeSports

We had too many single-possession mistakes - Doc Rivers said. Said team played with the right spirit tonight.